Somewhere towards the end is a touching and intelligent memoir, by a woman still highly astute well into her nineties. Diana Athill writes about what many older people really think about. She remembers old lovers, some from not that long ago, discusses religion, death and how it felt to become a writer unexpectedly. This is a lovely, readable memoir, it is never depressing, meloncholic or self-pitying. Diana Athill comes across as the sort of older woman I would want to be in many ways - eminently sensible, without any dullness whatsoever. This is a beautifully honest work, touching and intelligent.
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#110 Somewhere Towards the End - Diana Athill (2008)
Somewhere towards the end is a touching and intelligent memoir, by a woman still highly astute well into her nineties. Diana Athill writes about what many older people really think about. She remembers old lovers, some from not that long ago, discusses religion, death and how it felt to become a writer unexpectedly. This is a lovely, readable memoir, it is never depressing, meloncholic or self-pitying. Diana Athill comes across as the sort of older woman I would want to be in many ways - eminently sensible, without any dullness whatsoever. This is a beautifully honest work, touching and intelligent.
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